Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPort Clinton’s household incomes are lower than in 73% of U.S. towns
17.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.3% across Ohio. The two grades for Port Clinton are C for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in five work in Port Clinton itself; outside it, Portage Township draws the most (8%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Port Clinton in brief
Port Clinton trades workers with the towns around it
Port Clinton has about as many jobs (2,439) as working residents (2,642), but they are mostly different people: 2,036 residents leave for work each day while 1,833 people come in. Only 25% of the jobs in Port Clinton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Port Clinton is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 5% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Port Clinton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Port Clinton is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #830 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Port Clinton’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Port Clinton could be anywhere from D to B.
Who commutes out of Port Clinton, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,036 residents head out to work, 606 work right here, and 1,833 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Most jobs in Port Clinton are in services
2,439 jobs are based in Port Clinton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 2,406 → 2,439. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Clinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Port Clinton’s working residents head each day
Where Port Clinton clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Port Clinton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Clinton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,558 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Port Clinton’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Port Clinton
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Port Clinton is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #117 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Port Clinton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,724 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.6% of Port Clinton households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Port Clinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Port Clinton is 2,594th of 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,592 | Ogallala NE | 4,698 | $59K | 12.4% | 3.0% | 53% | C |
| 2,593 | Okeechobee FL | 5,811 | $57K | 15.8% | 3.1% | 26% | C |
| 2,594 | Port Clinton OH | 5,875 | $61K | 17.5% | 4.4% | 23% | C |
| 2,595 | Mocksville NC | 6,282 | $55K | 19.2% | 4.2% | 18% | C |
| 2,596 | Center Township IN | 6,114 | $57K | 20.0% | 2.7% | 21% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Port Clinton, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Port Clinton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Port Clinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Clinton | – | C | A− | 20 min | $60,909 |
| Portage Township | 8% | B− | C | 42 min | $85,325 |
| Bay Township | under 2% | C | B− | 29 min | $65,375 |
| Erie Township | under 2% | C | C | 22 min | $50,046 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Portage Township. Darker towns draw more of Port Clinton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Port Clinton: questions
What is the median household income in Port Clinton?
$60,909 (±$3,957) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Clinton?
17.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Clinton?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Port Clinton work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portage Township (8%, 2 mi), Sandusky (5%, 12 mi), Toledo (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Port Clinton walkable?
Port Clinton is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Port Clinton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Port Clinton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Clinton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.